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Archive: January 2012

From Helicopter Association International
Two very accomplished students enrolled in Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Helicopter Specialty degree program will be even more prepared to enter the helicopter industry when they graduate in May, 2012. MD Helicopters generously donated two ...

From The National
Abu Dhabi Aviation, the largest commercial helicopter operator in the Middle East, posted a 22 per cent rise in its annual profits last year as oil companies, medical emergencies and VIPs kept its aircraft aloft. Its wide geographic reach from Abu ...

From Times of India
The students of Thakur Institute of Aviation Technology had displayed a model of an aircraft which can fly both as an aeroplane and a helicopter. Named 'Hawk Eye', it has vertical takeoff and landing characteristics (VTOL). It is a hovering aircraft ...

PRESCOTT, Ariz., January 27, 2012 – Two very accomplished students enrolled in Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Helicopter Specialty degree program will be even more prepared to enter the helicopter industry when they graduate in May, 2012.

From Arizona Daily Star
which makes its Hummingbird rotorcraft UAS in Mesa - and smaller firms. ??? Academic research support including wind-tunnel and other test facilities at the University of Arizona, a UAS minor program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, ...

From American Univers
In the case of the word mark, this might be a difficult challenge because ???Huey??? military helicopters are considered to be the most recognizable and famous military helicopter. The Dillinger Tommy Gun might have also failed under this threshold, ...

From The Leading Aviati
Additionally, they offer numerous rotorcraft capabilities including the repair and overhaul of helicopter powertrain components, landing gear, accessories, instrumentation, radio, radar avionics and airframe components. More information is available at ...

From PR Web (press release)
JETNET plans to feature a new complement to their comprehensive global database of piston and turbine helicopters: an aviation-tailored customer relationship management system, JETNET CRM. They will also be demonstrating new graphical Views and add-ons ...

Globe and Mail
From Globe and Mail
The four bases have been operated by Canadian Helicopters Ltd., the primary provider of air ambulance service in Ontario since the beginning of the program in 1977. But in October, 2010, Ornge notified Canadian Helicopter that it planned to terminate ...

msnbc.com
From msnbc.com
The flight test helicopter used to try out the rotor blade bumps. Helicopters face a speed limit because their backward-moving rotor blade goes against their forward motion of flight. That problem leads to turbulence and loss of lift, as well as strong ...

CBC.ca
From CBC.ca
(Europcopter) The largest European helicopter manufacturer is in Inuvik, NWT, to test its new model in frigid Arctic conditions. The crews wanted cold weather, and they got plenty of it. Temperatures in the town have been well below ???40 for the past ...

From Noosa News
Helicopter flights from this old World War II airfield are at the centre of a stoush. NOOSA'S political stoush involving helicopters in the skies over Noosa North Shore and surrounds has escalated with Sunshine Coast councillor Lew Brennan returning ...

From Chatham Daily News
Frank Verellen, who had flown helicopters across the globe in all kinds of weather conditions, had more than 7500 flight hours logged, including more than 1000 hours in an R-44 helicopter. Dan Verellen said his father "loved" Robinson-made helicopters, ...

SAN DIEGO, CA January 30, 2012 – Component Control announced today that it has been approved as the exclusive preferred provider of MRO and logistics software solutions by the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA).

From Aviation Week
However, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa offer strong military growth potential, largely in naval and combat rotorcraft. Long term, the military market will shrink compared with the civil market, Bertling suggests, ...

From Ottawa Citizen (b
30, 2012 ??? Boeing [NYSE: BA] has selected three Canadian firms to receive the first group of work packages for in-service support of 15 Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters, designated CH-147F for the Canadian Forces. Following an open competition, ...

Bellingham Herald
From Bellingham Herald
Daniel Benjamin Bartle graduated from Ferndale High School: He was the class valedictorian, described as a bright but humble young man who would go on to see the world from a helicopter cockpit. Mourners packed the high school's auditorium to capacity ...

The Helicopter Museum at Weston-super-Mare in Somerset has put on display an early turboshaft engine, whose design dates from the 1950's. The engine, a Napier Gazelle, is one of several held by the museum, and has recently been restored for static display by volunteers at the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust at Patchway, Bristol.

January 30, 2012 - Softtech LLC, the maker of the Flight Vector™ family of products, is proud to announce Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters has adopted the Flight & Duty Tracker™ system into their operations at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and their Las Vegas/Boulder City operations! Papillon employed Flight & Duty Tracker™ in early January.

From Patch.com
Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles) joined the chorus of voices asking Congress to do something about noisy, low-flying helicopters in Los Angeles neighborhoods, introducing a resolution Tuesday asking the California Legislature to support the ...

From Irish Times
All five aircraft will be leased by Irish Coast Guard search and rescue contract holder CHC Helicopters from CHC Global Leasing, based in Dublin, under a 10-year contract costing ???50 million annually. Built to specifics drawn up by the Irish Coast ...

From Hindustan Times
Considering that the election season is on and hundreds of politicians are travelling in helicopters, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has come up with a slew of guidelines in a recent circular to ensure that helicopter operators heed ...

From The Daily Telegraph
Arrow Copter Australia director Sean Herbert said the Arrow Copter AC-10, a type of rotorcraft which arrived in the country from Austria three months ago, combines the best parts of helicopters and aircraft. "It's an evolutionary step between a ...

From KJCT8.com
But adding a helicopter to the fleet has many more benefits than that. "It means an invaluable resource that can truly expedite a search and rescue mission and life saving type scenario," Fogg said. The program now has two volunteer helicopters that ...